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In Northwest Ambulatory
August 22, 2026 - January 5, 2027
In Northwest Ambulatory
This video was included in the Allen’s 1984 exhibition New Voices 4: Women and the Media, New Video, organized by the pioneering curator
and scholar Bill Olander.
The political climate at the end of U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s first term converged with the rapid development and ubiquity of affordable video technologies. Women artists became leaders in harnessing the new platform to critique mass media, surveillance, and American imperialism. This video engages with multiple forms of media: a variety show, propagandistic advertising, and news headlines. Amid Cold War tensions and the threat of nuclear attack, Buchanan highlighted the role news outlets played in mediating national policy and geopolitical relationships at the time.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with The land is a being who remembers everything.
Image: Nancy Buchanan (American, b. 1948), An End to All Our Dreams (still), 1982. Video (color, sound), 8 min. Special Acquisitions Fund, 1984.62.
Student Curatorial Assistant in Modern & Contemporary Art
Ellen Johnson ’33 Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
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